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On Thursday, July 2, four people were arrested after a search warrant was executed at a residence in Smithfield Township. The search warrant resulted from an investigation that started in 2014, and was executed by Pennsylvania State Police in conjunction with the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office and Monroe County Children and Youth Services, along with Monroe County Domestic Relations.

The four individuals arrested include 48-year-old Denise Miluszewski and her son, 28-year-old William Miluszewski, 45-year-old Richard Leepin, and 29-year-old Donna Wynings.

Denise Miluszewski was reportedly in a rehab facility for an alleged heroin addiction when investigators learned that her son, William, was “running” the drug business while she was in rehab last year. Three young children lived at the address where the search warrant was executed; all have been placed in foster care.

Recently, a 24-year-old woman was shot in her apartment in what was reportedly an attempted home invasion. According to CBS Boston, Jeanette Hardy was shot on June 22; she was treated for injuries that were said not to be life threatening.

When police arrived at the scene, they discovered almost 2,000 grams of heroin in Hardy’s apartment. This discovery led to an investigation involving numerous law enforcement agencies. Over a four-day time period, authorities seized 22 kilograms of heroin and Fentanyl, said to have a street value of more than $2 million.

Three people were arrested; police also seized $226,000 in cash, two vehicles, and four handguns. A manufacturing plant located underground at a home in Lawrence, Mass was also discovered during the investigation. Those involved in the investigation included Manchester, NH police, Massachusetts State Police, and the New England Division of the DEA.

47-year-old Mark Williams, a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper, faces drug charges after he was allegedly observed buying hydrocodone, a narcotic drug, from 64-year-old Elliot Goode, according to a news article at WKRN.com.

Williams was on duty and in uniform when Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agents caught him in the act; the investigation had begun earlier in the year. Williams has worked with the Highway Patrol since January of 2004, and was placed on discretionary leave with pay following his arrest. All departmental equipment including badges and weapons were confiscated from Williams, according to state officials.

Williams was assigned to Lauderdale County in his position as a state trooper. He and Goode were booked into the county jail, where Williams was held on $10,000 bond and Goode on $7,500 bond.

On Monday, June 8, a total of 18 individuals were arrested on drug charges in Maryland. 14 of those charged were allegedly involved in an operation in Silver Spring near a housing complex; the other four people charged were accused of trafficking drugs in District Heights in the area of a music studio on Cryden Way, according to a news report at WUSA 9.

The FBI, Prince George’s County police, and Montgomery County police made the announcement on Monday, revealing that 18 had been charged in what they called a “major drug bust.” Authorities arrested the defendants after two indictments returned by a federal grand jury were unsealed. Two businesses and 29 residences were searched, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland. The article claims the investigation had been going on for about a year.

One of the indictments charges four individuals with conspiring to distribute heroin and cocaine in the District Heights area. Two of the four, 36-year-old Anthony Niles and 30-year-old Abdul Hakim Sauda, are additionally charged with possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine. Niles is allegedly the “director” of the operation in Prince George’s County.

Recently, a Mecklenburg County probation officer was arrested after he allegedly bought heroin at the Stonecrest Shopping Center in South Charlotte, according to a news article at WSOCTV.com. Justin McGlamery, who had worked as a probation officer for less than one year, was previously employed in a prison unit.

This was reportedly the fourth time Union County Sheriff’s Office deputies had watched as McGlamery purchased heroin. Officers said he attempted to hide the evidence when caught at the shopping center, and ingested a balloon resulting in McGlamery being taken to a hospital. Chief Deputy Ben Bailey said that from the hospital, McGlamery was transported to the Union County Jail. He was charged with trafficking opiates, and four counts of possession of heroin. Deputies claim McGlamery sold prescription painkillers in order to buy heroin. McGlamery was selling oxycodone and Hydrocodone, according to the report.

Another news article claims that McGlamery was on duty on two occasions when he bought heroin, driving his state-issued vehicle and displaying his badge and gun. He was arrested and charged on May 28, and released from jail after posting $125,000 bail. McGlamery is scheduled to appear in court on the charges on July 7.

On Saturday, May 23, a woman was visiting theme park Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park when he cell phone was allegedly stolen. When she contacted the sheriff’s department in San Bernardino, she reported that she had tracked down the phone to a residence in Hesperia, according to sheriff’s officials.

Upon arriving at the residence, deputies found that the owner of the home, Stacey Shelton, had visited Knots Berry Farm that day and pocketed the phone, a fact she readily admitted to. Deputies also found Bobby Turner at the home; he is a known parolee according to the news report at the LA Times, and had meth and needles in his possession.

Inside the residents, deputies found a hash oil extraction lab. The deputies than secured a warrant and began to search the home. While they did recover the stolen cell phone, deputies also found methamphetamine, marijuana, drug paraphernalia, and evidence that the hash-oil lab was being used. Hash oil labs use butane or other chemicals that are highly flammable to extract a concentrated form of marijuana.

In recent weeks, authorities have made more than 35 arrests related to narcotic drugs in the Fort Scott, Kansas area and throughout Bourbon County, according to a recent news article at The Fort Scott Tribune. Over the weekend, two women were arrested by the Fort Scott Police Department, bringing the tally thus far in the investigation to 37. Agencies participating in the drug investigation include the FSPD, the Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office, and the KBI Drug Task Force.

The two women arrested over the weekend include 30-year-old Maria Elena Durbin and 24-year-old Brianna M. Page. Both of the women were charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance by a communication facility after being taken in to custody on arrest warrants.

Prior to these most recent arrests, the KBI, BCSO, and FSPD arrested 30 individuals on May 12 and five individuals on May 13. All were charged with unlawful possession of controlled substance using a communication facility and violating Kansas Statute 21-5707(a)(1). Some of the individuals also face additional charges. Communication facility means any form of communication including telephone, pagers, computer networks, beepers, wire, radio, etc. whether private or public instruments used to transmit sounds, signals, signs, writing (such as text) pictures, or any communication.

On Thursday, May 7, two owners of a small local grocery store in Keokee, Kelly’s Grocery, were arrested after a lengthy investigation revealed 49-year-old Laura Kelly and 44-year-old William Kelly were selling drugs out of the store.

According to a news report at the Times News, the couple were arrested on multiple drug-related charges. Officers with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office served a search warrant on the grocery store on Thursday, and found a stolen gun among other weapons, narcotics, and what they referred to as a “significant” amount of cash, along with a large number of tools. The article did not specify what was meant by “tools.”

Authorities were able to secure a search warrant after a year-long investigation that involved surveillance, gathering informants, and drug transactions. Gary Parsons, Lee County Sheriff, said that it was difficult to get informants in the case due to the fact that Keokee is a small community where everyone knows everyone else.

Early Saturday morning on May 2, Southeast Portland police responded to reports of gunshots heard in the area of East Burnside Street and Southeast 83rd Avenue. Upon arriving at the scene, one witness said that multiple gunshots were fired, and that someone shot from a dark-colored vehicle. Ultimately, three men were arrested on drug and weapon charges, although police found no property damage in the neighborhood, and there were no victims.

Those arrested include Dajuan Travonte Shakier, 23, who was charged with felon in possession of a firearm and possession of cocaine. Ismail Sharif Abdullahi, also 23, was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of cocaine. Robert Jermaine Richardson Jr., 20, was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of cocaine. Shakier was also charged with parole violation.

When police located the vehicle described by a witness, one of the men got out of the car and attempted to walk away, but was stopped by police. Officers reportedly noticed a shotgun in the floorboard of the back seat, and also located a handgun upon searching the vehicle. Thousands of dollars in cash was also seized from the three men.

On Saturday, April 25, a routine traffic stop in Price, Utah for a minor traffic violation resulted in a drug bust and the arrests of three people, according to a news article at Fox 13. Police officers noticed drug paraphernalia in the back seat of the 2001 Pontiac Grand Am after pulling the vehicle over, which led to a search of the car.

Upon searching, authorities found several prescription drug pills, an ounce of heroin, five ounces of meth, more than $5,000 in cash, and a large folding knife.

There were four individuals in the vehicle at the time, three men and a woman, who has not been arrested. Those arrested include 39-year-old Jeremy Saccomanno of Spring Glen, 37-year-old Jeff Andrew Vigil of Price, and 41-year-old Christopher Gill of Helper, the driver of the vehicle.